The Girl Wants to: Women's Representations of Sex and the Body - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1551990113 ISBN 13: 9781551990118

Publisher: Macfarlane Walter & Ross, 1993

Synopsis

First published by Coach House Press, this is the notorious antidote to those genteel collections of women’s erotica returned to print by Macfarlane, Walter & Ross. Lyrical and seductive, fantastical and playful, ferociously funny and brutally realistic, these thirty-nine pieces comprise Lynn Crosbie’s first collection: a provocative picture of contemporary female desire.

Her second anthology, Click, is a rich and electrifying collection that brings together women of varying ages, races, religions, classes and attitudes, who describe their moments of feminist self-awareness and radicalization of consciousness.

About this title

About the Author:

Lynn Crosbie was born in Montréal in 1963. She is the author of three books of poetry, Pearl (1996), VillainElle (1994), and Miss Pamela’s Mercy (1992). She has been a member of the Coach House Editorial Board and has a PhD in English Literature from the University of Toronto.

From Kirkus Reviews:

A ripe, raunchy, romantic collection that laughs in the face of standard notions of female sexuality. Thirty-nine writers and artists, both famous and unknown, demonstrate women taking control of their bodies and redefining love and lust in ways that range from passionately lyrical to hard- core steamy. In ``Isle of Skye,'' Rebecca Brown reveals the private musings of two women from different countries trying to communicate through a language barrier; when they still don't connect after intimate moments in which they make up words they ``can't write or say, delicious, private, warm as thighs,'' we see that fear represents an even greater barrier. Barbara Gowdy's ``We So Seldom Look On Love'' dives into the psyche of a necrophile who can find ``no replacement for the torrid serenity of a cadaver'' to illuminate not something sick, but something shockingly seductive. Mary Gaitskill's essay, ``The Rose Taboo,'' explains what in many circles would be considered un-P.C. empathy and admiration for Axl Rose of the band Guns N' Roses. Erica Jong contributes her usual in the form of ``Fruits & Vegetables'' and other poetry--lots of moans and thrusts. And Roberta Gregory's outrageous comic strip ``Bitchy Bitch Gets Laid'' defies description. By and large, poet Crosbie (Miss Pamela's Mercy--not reviewed) makes keen selections--although some narratives, like Kathy Acker's ``New York City in 1979,'' are too heavy on the feminist jargon to be readable, and the point of reproducing photocopied female genitalia remains opaque. Sexy, fierce, riveting. A great bedside read. -- Copyright ©1994, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

About this edition

• Publisher: Macfarlane Walter & Ross
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 1551990113
• ISBN 13: 9781551990118
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 224
• Editor: Crosbie Lynn